Good day everyone. I have been reading all the posts on this forum for the past few months however never commented. You all have been very helpful in providing insight to this process and my partner and I really appreciate it. It is definitely a stressful experience for sure. I notice that the process is a bit different for everyone depending on their current issues/status. I was a bit shocked that our application was sent to the Mexico VO though. We thought for sure it would go to the Trinidad VO as my spouse is from there.
Here is our timeline:
Sent to Sydney: March 1, 2019
Package received and signed for: March 6, 2019
AOR letter: April 5, 2019
Bio-metrics request: April 18, 2019
Bio-metrics completed: April 24, 2019
Approved as sponsor: April 23, 2019
Medical request: April 24, 2018
Medical completed: May 7, 2019
Medical received by CIC: May 13, 2019 (updated on ecas)
Application forwarded to Mexico: October 4, 2019
Application started processing (according to Ecas): October 28, 2019. No AOR2 received yet
I am hoping that it won't be much longer but you never know with this process as you receive communication and then dead silence for months.